Gelsons Dad
Well-Known Member
Nonsense.There has been no substantial increase in immigration.
On average we have 330,000 net immigrants and migrants each year, that's roughly in line with most other western nations.
A problem Cameron saddled himself with is that during the general election he stated ridiculously low numbers he was aiming for which he could never meet.
Fact:
During the 1990s, there was mostly a positive trend in net migration as these flows surged from minus 13,000 (i.e. net emigration) in 1992 to positive 163,000 in 1999. In the 2000s there was a significant increase in net migration that coincided with the 2004 EU enlargement and the opening of UK labour markets to workers from the so-called Accession 8 (A8) countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia), plus Malta and Cyprus. Migrants from the A8 countries have accounted for a significant portion of recent net migration. ONS figures suggest the share of recent net migration attributed to citizens of A8 countries is about 19% of total net migration since 2005; it is worth noting that this share is likely to be higher but the revised net figures do not include a breakdown by citizenship.
Total net migration to the UK during 1991-2014 stands at approximately 3,979,000 migrants. Average annual net migration to the UK during 2004-2014 was 245,000, which represents about three to four times the annual average of 65,000 during the period 1991-1999.
Source: http://www.migrationobservatory.ox....Term Migration Flows to and from the UK_0.pdf